1 Kings 2:40

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:27 : 27 The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:38-39
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    87%

    38Shimei said to the king,“My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

    39Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told,“Look, your servants are in Gath.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:41-42
    2 verses
    86%

    41When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

    42the king summoned Shimei and said to him,“You will recall that I made you take an oath by the LORD, and I solemnly warned you,‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me,‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’

  • 2 Sam 19:15-19
    5 verses
    74%

    15So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. Now the people of Judah had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him cross the Jordan.

    16Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

    17There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed the Jordan within sight of the king.

    18They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate.Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.

    19He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

  • 2 Sam 16:5
    73%

    5Shimei Curses David and His Men Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    72%

    2So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

  • 2 Sam 19:25-26
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    72%

    25When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him,“Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

    26He replied,“My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said,‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I am lame.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36
    71%

    36Next the king summoned Shimei and told him,“Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there– but you may not leave there to go anywhere!

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
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    71%

    17The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.

    18All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites– some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king.

  • 2 Sam 16:13
    71%

    13So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:27
    70%

    27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    70%

    13He then told his sons,“Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

  • 1 Kgs 1:38
    70%

    38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

  • 1 Kgs 1:33
    70%

    33and he told them,“Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.

  • 2 Sam 17:23
    70%

    23When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

  • 1 Sam 9:3
    70%

    3The donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, so Kish said to his son Saul,“Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    70%

    8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the LORD,‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    70%

    12Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 1 Sam 25:20
    69%

    20Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
    69%

    42Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    69%

    24She saddled the donkey and told her servant,“Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
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    68%

    6Then David said to Abishai,“Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”

    7So Joab’s men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    68%

    10So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    68%

    1The Witch of Endor In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David,“You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:44
    68%

    44The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

  • Num 22:21
    67%

    21So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

  • 1 Sam 27:8
    67%

    8Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites.(They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

  • 1 Sam 10:14
    67%

    14Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant,“Where did you go?” Saul replied,“To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, we went to Samuel.”

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    67%

    24Then Absalom went to the king and said,“My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me.”

  • 1 Sam 29:10
    67%

    10So get up early in the morning along with the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you get up early in the morning, as soon as it is light enough to see, leave.”

  • 1 Sam 9:5
    67%

    5When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him,“Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    67%

    23So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 19:3
    67%

    3her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    67%

    44Then the king said to Shimei,“You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The LORD will punish you for what you did.

  • 2 Sam 16:1
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    1David Receives Gifts from Ziba When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.

  • 1 Kgs 13:23
    67%

    23So this is what happened after he had eaten food and drunk water. The old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    66%

    4When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.